Title: 9 parts of Desire

Author: Raffo, Heather

Year: 2006 (Official)

Geography: Asia > Western Asia > Iraq

Synopsis: Heather Raffo’s one woman show follows 9 different Iraqi Women as they deliver their
own monologues about their experiences during Saddam Husseins reign as President of
Iraq. The thematic significance of migration is found in the play when 4/5 of the
characters discuss their experience immigrating from Iraq to the United States/The
United Kingdom, and their experience leaving during the gulf war.

Publication: Raffo, Heather, 9 Parts of Desire. 2006. Northwestern University Press.